[K12OSN] Fixed IP for thin client as jetdirect terminal not working

[Jim McQuillan]

John,

You didn't mention whether you restarted dhcpd.

The other thing to double check is the MAC address.  I've made the
mistake more than once, of entering the wrong value there.

Jim McQuillan
jam at Ltsp.org



On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, John P. Conlon wrote:

> I'm using FC4.4 k12ltsp
> I have edited the dhcpd.conf file as follows:
> host ws003{
>    HARDWARE ETHERNET  00:40:33:E2:e7:63
>    FIXED ADDRESS      192.168.0.1
> }
>
> I save the change and went to dhcpd.leases and removed everything with the
> terminals MAC address in it.
> I did an updatedb
> I did a power off and restart on the terminal
>
> When I checked the dhcpd.leases file the terminal had an IP of 192.168.0.253
> instead of the fixed IP it should have had.
>
> How do I get this critter to do what it is supposed to do?
> Also can I use the MAC address in place of  ws003?
> Please give good instructions.
> Thanks in advance
> Pat
>
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